electrostatic.

Relating to electric charges at rest and the fields or forces associated with them.

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Words that belong together

• electrostatic field
• electrostatic attraction

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Electrostatic attraction drew the dust toward the transparent panel.

An electrostatic field held the fine particles away from the sensor.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a technical relation or classification; comparisons require a meaningful measured context. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.